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Friday, 14 October 2016

I don't own that many dies but rummaged out a couple of my favourites to use for tonight's project. Of course, bright colours just had to be involved so decided on some juxtaposition and went for a monochrome look on the face.

Step Two: Once my blended background was dry I added stamping using Black Archival Ink and a dotty image from my ECL09 stamp. Then some blue archival ink using Mini 18. I formed my gothic arch and punched holes ready to piece it all together with some Prima jump rings.

Step Three: Now for the girl ECL09. She was stamped onto Smoothy card using Black Archival ink. I used a 4B graphite stick but a very soft pencil would work the same I am sure! Softly shade lines around the edge of the face and details of the image. Then blend in a circular motion using a paper stump. The shading becomes lighter as you move into the centre of the face. She was simply cut out and glued onto my gothic arch.

The grey shaded image looks really great on a bright background and is so easy to create...why not give it a try yourself? I love to see what you do with my stamps and so do share them with me, I like to show other peoples make on social media to spread the word!. You can find me here: on my BLOG, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER,PINTEREST FACEBOOK.Those arches make a great frame for your stamped girl, and the tall heart is a brilliant finishing touch, hiding her away just waiting for the doors to open. Gorgeous colour blending and the colour removal technique with the stencil really pops. ~Darcy

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Ooh I love everything about this Clare. This is one of my all time favourite stamp sets. I love the girl image but I also find the background stamps on the set so useful for journaling. These are my favourite 'go-to' colours too. It was so effective to ghost out the pattern using one of your stencils. Then, of course, you choose exactly the right combo of stamps to create a stunning background. Love the idea of keeping the girl image monochrome and such a helpful tip about the graphite blend. Gorgeous, as always!

Fab contrast between the brights and the monochrome Claire. It makes the girls pop against the colourful background. I always forget stencils can be used to remove colour as well as add it and it's so effective. Thanks for the reminder.

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